LUMENS
LUMENS
Lumens was inspired by graphic architecture and black & white photography. This scarf is knit in the round, hiding the long floats from the colour work on the inside. The scarf starts out with big borders of the lighter colour and then the middle section is worked with both colours. Instead of traditional stranded knitting and using only the knit stitch, this triangular texture plays with combining knit and purl stitches to create the colour work pattern.
Lumens was originally published in Amirisu Issue 15, Winter 2018.
This product listing is for the PDF pattern for the garment pictured and described here and not the actual finished item.
SIZE
Length: 94” / 239 cm
Width (measured flat): 7 1⁄2 / 18.5 cm
YARN
Fingering weight yarn
(MC) Approximately 730 yards / 668 m
(CC) Approximately 730 yards / 668 m
Lichen and Lace 80/20 Sock (80% merino wool, 20% nylon; 365 yds / 334 m, 100g)
The sample is shown in Silver Fox 2 skeins (MC), Soot 2 skeins (CC)
NEEDLES
A US 21⁄2 (3 mm) 16” / 40 cm circular needle Or needle required to obtain gauge
GAUGE (after blocking)
26 stitches & 30 rows = 4” / 10 cm in color work pattern with US 21⁄2 (3 mm)
TOOLS
Stitch marker (1), tapestry needle
NOTES
This scarf is worked in the round. The solid color sections at the beginning and end of the scarf take approximately one skein of MC. Keep an eye on your yardage and make sure you don’t go beyond 50g on the first section. Work as many full repeats as you can so there will be enough to create a matching section at the end of the scarf. The two-color section takes approximately 100g of MC and 200g of CC. Work as many full repeats of Section 2 that CC will allow, before running out. During the rows which are worked with MC and CC there will be long float in which one of the colors will be carried behind. Make sure to leave the floats loose enough to avoid the surface of the fabric from puckering or tack the floats down on these particularly long sections. Since the scarf is a tube, there should be no worries of the floats catching on something once it is finished.
The charts in this pattern are slightly different from conventional color work charts and this is to create a jogless seam along the scarf. To achieve this jogless seam, half of pattern repeat is off set. Once the repeat is worked a few times it is very easy to fall into the rhythm of the pattern.
Phōs is also available in Japanese.
Photography by amirisu.
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